ten-speed

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Recent Examples of ten-speed Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 Of course, Gateway will spec a tamer exhaust system to keep neighbors happy, as well as provide a ten-speed automatic transmission or a non-supercharged 5.0-liter Coyote V-8. Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 That means the only propulsion option is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 with 440-hp and the ten-speed automatic transmission. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024 In the case of cars, Ford ended up being better in ten-speed transmissions, GM in nine-speed transmissions. Harvard Business Review, 17 July 2024 Modest numbers for a 4,500-pound hauler, but Honda engineers tuned the ten-speed automatic to provide the best reflexes. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023 There are also two transmissions to pick between, too—a six-speed manual and a ten-speed automatic with paddle shifters. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ten-speed
Noun
  • Cap off a mountain bike ride with a round of beers?
    Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Trails in the downhill mountain bike park at crange from flowy and beginner-friendly Mainline to thrill-chasing Derailer and Steam Punk.
    Melanie Haiken, Outside Online, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Cars, motor-scooters and bicycles roar away from the curbs, and another week of the great apartment grope has begun.
    Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
  • For example, some cellphone holders, such as those that clamp to bicycle handlebars, are more correctly labeled as cellphone mounts.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On my initial drive, two people complimented me on how nice the bike looks.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Or he might get knocked off his bike, spoiling a delivery and further lowering Emmanuel’s all-important customer-satisfaction rating.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The concept of a tandem bicycle for two riders goes back almost as far in history as the bicycle itself.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • My next bike, the red-and-yellow Big Wheel, had a lot in common with a velocipede known as the penny-farthing, which was invented in the eighteen-seventies.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021

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“Ten-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ten-speed. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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